*NEW DELHI*: Pakistan and India have agreed to revive Track II diplomacyin order to improve their relations, according to Indian media.

According to a report published in *Times of Indialink>*,India has revived the original Track II initiative, Neemrana Dialogue, withPakistan with a high-powered delegation travelling to Pakistan, whichincluded former Indian diplomats, military veterans and academics.

The delegation is travelling to Pakistan to discuss ways to improvePak-India relationship.

The delegation was headed by former MEA secretary and Pakistan expert VivekKatju. J S Rajput, former NCERT head, was also part of the delegation. Thetalks took place from April 28 to 30. Pakistan was represented by formerforeign secretary Inamul Haque and Ishrat Hussain among others.

While like other track II mechanisms, Neemrana is also a non-governmentaldialogue, it is different from others in that both foreign ministries havein the past associated themselves with it.

“There have been other track II initiatives but these were mostly funded bythird parties. Neemrana had more India-Pakistan character,” said formerIndian high commissioner to Pakistan T C A Raghavan.

Former foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal, who is a member of the Neemranagroup, chose not to visit Pakistan for the dialogue. He, however, said thatNeemrana was an important initiative which had even survived some verydifficult times in the relationship.

“Neemrana has had a tough time over the past few years. Both sides feltthough that it was important to keep alive that tradition but I didn’t gobecause I don’t think it would yield significant results in the currentcircumstances,” said Sibal.